North and South groceries

Apu and the others brought sweet potatoes, because they had been delayed in Dashi Country for too long before, and many sweet potatoes brought from the tribe back then were rotten due to limited storage conditions.

After leaving Dashi Country, they found an uninhabited valley, germinated the remaining sweet potatoes, and planted them on the spot. They carefully avoided crowds, protected their fields, and sometimes fought wild animals.

In the season when the sweet potatoes were ripe, the clansmen were full for several days, and finally took the remaining rations and reluctantly left that piece of land.

They knew that there was no place for them to stand on that piece of land full of small countries, and the big cannibals might annex it in a short time.

They don't want to become slaves to cannibals. Although those who returned from the Tang Dynasty also said that the nobles of the Tang Dynasty sold them as exotic beasts, that is different. After all, a country can lose many It is a rare and exotic beast, but absolutely no country can easily lose so many slaves.

And most of the black people in this tribe believe that although Datang is far away, there is Apu's master there, and he can help them.

The facts did not disappoint them. When they had just walked to the border earlier, they met Guo Xiaoke's team. Apu said that he was Luo Yong's disciple, and he brought his people to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and he had grain to ask for. Dedicated to God Khan.

Those officers and soldiers did not embarrass them, but escorted them all the way to Gaochang City. They were relatively polite on the way, and their attitude was not vicious.

Another officer kept asking Apu: "Are you really a disciple of Luo Sanlang from Lishi? Then why would Luo Sanlang accept a Kunlun slave as his disciple?"

After receiving Apu's affirmative answer and telling the story of his acquaintance with Luo Yong, the officer and soldier showed special envy:

"I am also from Guannei Road. Luo Sanlang and his disciples paved a cement road in our Guannei Road earlier. The locals respect them. There is no one in Guannei Road who does not know Lishi Luo Sanlang."

"You have been to the Western Regions in the past two years, and you may not know it. Several disciples of Luo Sanlang are now setting up needle workshops in Hedong Road. They not only sell needles to Luoyang, Chang'an, but even people in the south of the Yangtze River use their needles. .”

"Your senior brothers are all rich now, look at how poor you are, hahahaha!"

"I don't know what rules your master has for accepting disciples. Does he accept poor soldiers like us?"

"..."

These black people had learned some Chinese with Apu and the others before. Although they could not understand every sentence at this time, they could probably feel that Apu's master was indeed a very remarkable person.

This kind of knowledge made their uneasy mood a lot more stable. After the funeral of the old leader, they heard that a friend of Luo Sanlang from Lishi came to look for Apu. How to arrange them, what kind of life they will live in this eastern country.

Tang Jian, Qiao Junlin and others met not only Apu, but also Guo Xiaoke, Qu Wentai, Qu Zhisheng and his son.

Guo Xiaoke is eager to make contributions right now, and he must have a foot in the matter of donating grain seeds. The Qu family also intends to use this incident to publicize that their Gaochang City is prosperous in Buddhism, outstanding people, outstanding people and spirits are unparalleled in the world, but Apu only wants to go to Changzhou. Le County asked Luo Yong.

The final result of these people combined is as follows:

Among the sweet potatoes brought by Apu and the others, pick out the best ones and let Guo Xiaoke send people to Chang'an City to offer to Tian Khan. The remaining bad ones will definitely rot even if they are sent to Chang'an City , Just stay here in Gaochang to watch things. As for these Kunlun people, since they want to go to Changle County, let them go.

"What about the sweet potatoes, how many sweet potatoes do you need in Changle County?"

Tang Jian was not very satisfied with this result, co-authoring with them Changle County finally got a hot potato, and the benefits were all shared by these grandchildren.

"What do you want those sweet potatoes for?" Guo Xiaoke said, "When we promote new grains next year, you, Changle County, will definitely be indispensable."

This sweet potato is really delicious. When Guo Xiaoke got this batch of new food earlier, he baked one and ate it according to the Kunlun people.

"Doctor Tang, don't be impatient." Qu Wentai also said, "The new grain will come out in the coming year. If Changle County can't share it for a while, I will ask someone to send some to you from Gaochang."

"Exactly." Guo Xiaoke is now considered half a Gaochang native, and he naturally speaks for Gaochang: "These Gaochang people are very good at growing food, and they have grown the gourds alive before, but this time these sweet potatoes are about to rot. , ask the monks in Gaochang to recite the scriptures, maybe you can see it in various ways, and it will probably be broken in your Changle County."

Mr. Tang was so angry that he wanted to point at these two stinky and shameless noses and scold his mother, but he was neither Qu Wentai, a local snake, nor Guo Xiaoke, who had the military power in his hands, so he couldn't compete with these two shameless people.

Thinking about bringing these Kunlun people back, it would be an explanation to Luo Yong. Of the two people in front of him, one is used to being a local emperor, and the other is simply a bandit from Wowagang Village. It is better not to provoke them. Once the grandson pulled down.

After dividing up the benefits, Guo Xiaoke who got the benefits was also more enthusiastic, and arranged for Tang Jian and others to return to Changle County from the newly laid wooden track in Gaochang.

The wooden track from Gaochang to Dunhuang has roughly been paved, only the section of the road with particularly complicated terrain in the middle is still under construction. Tang Jian and the others only need to get off the car on the middle section and walk for a while. Able to ride a wooden carriage.

In a few days, Tang Jian, Qiao Junlin, the students from Changle Academy, and Apu and his tribe, nearly [-] people, set off from Gaochang City in a mighty way.

When resting in the inn that night, Master Tang asked Apu: "To be honest, are you hiding something yourself?" Apu didn't speak, but grinned against his old face. Big White Fang smirked at him, pretending that he didn't understand Chinese.

Tang Jian: ...Okay, I have a bottom line in my heart.

During the day, the group of them sat in a wooden carriage and drove across the wilderness. Apu and his people opened the window and looked at the vast expanse of the Gobi Desert outside.

Sometimes you can see stretches of grass. The Gobi Desert is full of vitality in the early May of the lunar calendar. The wind in the early summer is pouring into the car. It is neither very hot nor very cold. Everything is like this It's amazing, it feels like I've come to another world...

At night, Tang Jian would take them to stay in the post station, and the post station would provide them with free food and accommodation. At first, these black people were more vigilant, they didn’t eat much, and they always liked to hide food. At night, dozens of people crowded together Rest in the room.

Afterwards, I got used to it, and slowly let go of my guard, just like those students in Changle Academy, eating with my belly open every day, and sleeping with my hands and feet spread out on the kang at night.

They ate and slept like this, and the group of them arrived in Dunhuang very quickly. They arrived in Dunhuang at about three o'clock in the afternoon, and they did not stop. They changed a batch of wooden-tracked carriages and went straight to Changle County.

At this time, Luo Yong had also received the news in advance, and changed into a white folded cloth robe that he was reluctant to wear on weekdays, and waited for Apu and the others on the platform.

White folded cloth is actually cotton cloth. Compared with some high-quality cotton cloths in the 21st century, the quality of this white folded cloth is not particularly good, but it is expensive, even more expensive than silk.

Er Niang made two sets of robes for Luo Yong with good white folded cloth, and he was not willing to wear them on weekdays. Cotton cloth tends to look old and yellow after wearing too much and washing too much, which is not good-looking.

The sky gradually darkened, and soon it was too dark. Luo Yong was wearing a white folded robe, standing under the torch, quietly looking at the wooden track in front of him, waiting for Apu and the others to arrive.

Finally, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, followed by the sound of vehicles driving on wooden tracks, and Luo Yong couldn't help feeling a little sore in his nose...

Apu thought his heart was already as hard as a stone, but the moment he saw Luo Yong, he couldn't help but shed tears.

The young man stood there, dressed in white clothes, under the firelight, as if he had been waiting for him for many years.